Eric Jed Olivarez defeated Eric Jay Tangub, 6-3, 6-4, to capture the men's singles crown at the Mayor Edwin Olivarez National Open Tennis Championships, held at the Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat over the weekend. The Olivarez National Open title is the latest major trophy in a run of victories at national opens sponsored by the Olivarez family.
Olivarez National Open title carries a P100,000 top prize
The champion collected P100,000, the top prize drawn from the tournament's total pool of P415,000. Tangub finished as runner-up after losing in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.
The final was decided in two sets, with Olivarez taking the opening frame by three games and closing out the second by a two-game margin. The source report does not detail the individual games or any break points.
Eric Jed Olivarez's record in the Olivarez-sponsored national opens
Olivarez had previously won the Mayor Eric Olivarez National Open and the Rep. Edwin Olivarez National Open in 2024. That earlier run ended Johnny Arcilla's long reign in the events, according to the report.
With the Sucat result, Olivarez has now won three Olivarez-sponsored national open singles titles since 2024, based on the events named in the source.
Analysis: what the straight-sets win signals
Analysis. The Philstar report frames the victory as evidence of Olivarez's growing stature as one of the country's premier tennis players. The result supports that framing at domestic level, though the source offers no ranking, seeding or tour-level data against which to measure it.
For Tangub, the loss is a second straight-sets defeat in a final of this series, with the same 6-3, 6-4 scoreline reported in the outlet's earlier write-up of the event. No next tournament for either player is named in the source.
The original report appeared on philstar.com.
